Evaluation of Bactogen and Phadebact for detection of Haemophilus influenzae type b antigen in cerebrospinal fluid.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology
D F Welch, D Hensel

Abstract

Latex agglutination and coagglutination tests are commercially available as Bactogen and the Phadebact Haemophilus Test, respectively. We evaluated both for the detection of Haemophilus influenzae type b in cerebrospinal fluids. Both tests were positive in all of 51 culture-positive cases of meningitis caused by H. influenzae. Both were more sensitive than counterimmunoelectrophoresis. Antigen was also detected by Bactogen in seven of seven additional cerebrospinal fluid specimens (compared with four of seven by Phadebact) after 1 to 15 days of antimicrobial therapy. The cerebrospinal fluid of infants with meningitis owing to other common causative agents did not react with Bactogen or Phadebact. However, the cerebrospinal fluid of one patient with overwhelming infection owing to Proteus mirabilis reacted positively with Bactogen. Cost analysis revealed that Phadebact was less expensive to perform than Bactogen.

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